Lynn Dryden has been teaching French for 45 years, in that time she has been head of department and worked for 6 years as an Advanced Skills Languages Teacher in Newcastle upon Tyne. She has experience of teaching in secondary and primary schools and has taught adult evening classes. She delivers workshops for PGCE students who are studying to teach languages. Lynn is a qualified dance teacher but now enjoys dancing for pleasure, she likes being with her family and enjoys trips away in her campervan Ruby. Priscilla Hannaford is Managing Director of Brilliant Publications, publishers of creative resources for use by teachers and others working with children. She trained as a primary school teacher and worked for several major educational publishers before founding Brilliant Publications in 1993. Priscilla has written books for Ladybird and Brilliant Publications.